Electric broiler



Nov1,193s. A. BARKINSKY ET AL 2,135,318

ELECTRIC BROILER Filed Oct. 25, 1937 ATTO R N EY T55. 4 FELIU. 3

Patented Nov. l, 19938 l I UNITED ASTATES PATENT A OFFICE ELECTRIC BaoiLEii Aaron Barkinsky and Samuel Yanofsky, Bronx, N. Y.

Application October 23, 1 937, Serial No. 170,574

2 Claims. (Cl. 5819-19) This invention relates to new and useful imother easily cleaned and desirable material and provements in an electric broiler. is provided with foot members I4 of insulation More specifically, the invention proposes the material which are adapted to engage the surv .construction of an electric broiler which may be face upon which the device ls positioned, and to used to broil meats and cook various foods and prevent the heat from the dish from being trans- 5 retain all of the juices and avork of the food ferred to the surface which would produce highly cooked. undesirable marks thereon. The grille II con- Still further it is proposed to construct the sists of a circular frame portion IIS having parbroiler in such a manner that the heating unit allel wire elements IIb extending from one side 10 thereof may also be used for .any purpose to of the circular portion IIa to the other side therel0 which a single unit electric'stove may be used. "of and upon which the food to be cooked is sup- Another object of the invention is to mount a ported. The edge of the circular portion IIa is heating unit within the top portion of a deep holprovided with U-shaped foot members I5 which low cover which may be engaged upon a grille are adapted to engage a shoulder IIJa formed along positioned Within a dish for broiling or cooking the periphery of the dish for supporting the l5 any foods supported on the grille. grille II thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a The dish I0 and the hollow cover I2 are illusgrille with foot members which may beA adapted trated with a plurality of apertures IIlb and I 2b, to selectively engage recesses of varying depths respectively to create a desirable air circulation. lo formed in said dish for controlling the amount of The hollow cover I2 is provided withy a handle 2o air which will pass between said dish and thebot- I6 on one of its sides by which it may be moved tom edge of said cover. and the top thereof is providedwith feet I1 for For further comprehension of the invention, resting the cover I2 in an inverted position upon and of the objects and advantages thereof, refera surface upon which the grille is supported. The ence will be had to the following description and heating unit I3 is mounted on the top wall of the 25 accompanying drawing, and to the appended deep hollow cover I2 and is provided with spiral claims in which the various novel features of the heating elements I3'for uniform heating of the invention are more particularly set forth. foods positioned on the grille Il. A screw I8 ex- Ill the acCOmpanying drawing forming a matetends through the insulation material of the rial part of this disclosurezheating unit I3 and is provided at its outer end 30 Fig. 1 is a plan View of a broiler constructed With a mit I8 fOI XedlY holding the heating Unit according to this invention. in position on the top wall of the cover I2. This Fig. 2 is anelevational view of Fig. 1. heating unitis ofthe double spiral three heat type Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 for more even heating control. VThe cover I2 is .of Fig. 2. provided with three lcontact pins I9 upon which 35 Fig. 411s a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 the plus 20 of an electric circuit' 2l may be enof Fig. 2. gaged. The plug 20 is also provided with three Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 Openings 2l)a which are adapted 150 be engaged of Fig. 2. upon the three contact pins I9 extending from 4L) Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6 6 the COVeI |2 TWO 0f theropenings, 20 in the plug 40 0f Fg- 5- 20, are electrically connected to form one ter- Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailed view of a portion minal. 'Ihe third opening .forms the second terof Fig. 6. minal of the electric circuit 2| (see Fig. 9).

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed view of another When the plug is positioned upon all three pins portion of Fig. 6. I9, in one position as illustrated in Fig. 9, the 45 Fig. 9 is a schematic Wiring diagram of the current will pass through one outside contact heating unit. pin I9, through the wire 22 and one of the heat- .,Flg. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing a ing elements |31 and also thscugh the center conmodiiication of the invention. tact pin I9 through the other heating element I3,

The electric broiler, according to this invention, back to the other outside contact pin I9, to cause 50 includes a dish III, and a grille II which is adaptboth of the heating units to operate in parallel, ed to be supoprted on the periphery of the dish thus producing a high heat.` But if thev posi- I0. A deep hollow cover I2 for engagement on tion of the plug 20 is reversed so that the two the grille has a heater I3 mounted therein. outside openings 2lia which are connected to the The dish I0 is constructed of aluminum or circuit 2l are engaged on the other outside con- 55/ position thereon.

tact .pins I9, the current will pass through the wire 23 to one of the elements I3n and then back through the center pin I9, thus producing a medium heat. When the plug 20 is in this position only one of the heating elements will be in operation. It is also possible to produce a low heat, by connecting the two heating elements I3a in series. I'his is accomplished by connecting only two of the three openings 20a in the plug 20, to the central terminals I9 and wire 22 of the heating units.

In this manner, the amount of heat may be readily changed by manipulating the insertion of the plug connector 20.

These contact pins I9 each extend through insulation members 24 which are mounted in openings in the top portion of the cover I2. Washer elements 25 are fixedly attached to portions of the pins I9 on either side of the insulation members 24 for xedly holding these pins in The inner ends of these pins I9 are provided with two nuts 26 between which the wires leading to the heating elements may be xedly clamped.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 10

zthe dish element I is provided with a plurality of recesses 30 of varying depths and the grille II' has foot members 3| which may be selectively engaged in the varying recesses 39 when the grille I I is turned for controlling the amount of space between the tcp edge of the dish I0 and the bottom edge of the cover I2. In other respects this form of the invention is similar to the previous form and similar parts may be identified by corresponding reference numerals.

When the cover I2 is resting in its inverted position on its feet I'I, pots or other small containers may be placed therein and rested on the heating elements I3 for using the heating unit in the same manner as a single unit electric stove.

While Wey have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent isz- 1. In an electric broiler a relatively shallow dish formed with an inner peripheral shoulder, a relatively deep dish-like cover member, a heating element within the cover member at the upper area thereof, a grill having a plurality of spaced short depending lugs supported upon said peripheral shoulder within the dish and elevating the grill a relatively short distance above the peripheral surface of the dish, the cover member being ldirectly supported upon the grill.

2. In an electric broiler, a dish having shoulder supporting means near its periphery bounding the open top of the dish, a grill supported upon said shoulder means, a relatively deep dish-like cover member, a heating element within the cover member at the upper area thereof, the cover member being reinforced at its peripheral margin and being inverted relatively to the grill, said reinforced peripheral margin being supported directly upon the grill in such manner as to provide for ingress of air between said reinforced periphery and the periphery of the dish.

AARON BARKINSKY. SAMUEL YANOFSKY. 

